12. The Road to Paris

About this episode

The episode concludes the D-Day story, detailing the aftermath of the invasion and the fate of Paris.

We conclude our D-Day story. What happened after the sixth of June? Three months of bitter fighting across Normandy. Hundreds of thousands of casualties. And, as Operation Overlord draws to a close, the fate of Paris hangs in the balance… A Noiser production, written by Jeff Dawson. A special thanks to Legasee for the use of their archive of personal recollections from the men and women who witnessed D-Day. To view the full interviews, visit legasee.org.uk When you finish this episode, why not head to noiser.com to discover your next history podcast? More podcast box-sets from the Noiser network will be launching in the coming months. Stay tuned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• D-Day
• Operation Overlord
• Normandy
• Paris
• World War II
• military history

Keywords

• D-Day
• Operation Overlord
• Normandy
• Paris
• World War II
• military history
• casualties
• fighting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Legasee

Places: Paris, Normandy

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